It's funny, we had this mouse pre-release, and it didn't ship with a manual of any type. I couldn't find any digital documentation online, either. So the more I played with it, the more I realized what I could do with it. Once I learned how to configure the modes, and then the frigging MODE SHIFT button came into play, game over. This beats the hell out of my old Logitech G5. I'll never look back.

Great review - glad to hear you're liking it. Just want to add that you can set a profile to load at startup.

Just click the M.M.O.7 icon in your systray, right click the profile you want to set and then click Set As Startup Profile

Sweet! Mad Catz Reprezentin'!

I was all like when I started this article, but when I got to the "... plus a small button in the center that acts as both a 4-way directional pad, ..." my brain exploded and now I'm going to have to get one and use the extra pinky rests to plug up the grey matter leaking out my ears. I was seriously just thinking about how nice it'd be to have that functionality in a mouse a week ago. Mostly so I can Minecraft without a keyboard. I might try setting it up for my 360 controller just for gits and shiggles, though.

Anyway, awesome thorough review, that has probably sold me on it since my gaming mouse recently stopped mousing. Dropped off the arm of my chair one-too-many times. Speaking of, is this thing fairly robust?

Geez, I somehow completely missed your post, Rich. Thank you so much for stopping by and clarifying that!

Speaking of, is this thing fairly robust?

It certainly feels the part. Every piece of this mouse is either metal (aluminum I believe) or sturdy plastic. Nothing feels hollow or cheap. Of course, with so many buttons on the edges of surfaces, they might take damage with heavy impact, but as an entire unit the mouse feels more robust than my Logitech G5

Blech, Mad Catz... Sorry but that company lost my loyalty after I purchased a few of their products. Namely Xbox controllers and a few other things. After a few months of gentle use, one controller began to carry a steady electric current straight into my flesh. The other one fell apart into its component pieces. And the third simply refused to work. The other Mad Catz items I purchased all just seemed to fall apart at the seams, no matter how careful I was.

As such... despite how good you may or may not think this mouse is, I'll never buy another Mad Catz product in my life. It is shit tier equipment, to be quite honest.

Hmm well, I suppose every company has to do one thing right, else they wouldn't stick around. I'll have to take your word for it. My past experiences for close to a decade with Mad Catz has been entirely negative. I don't think I can ever overcome that.

Hi all. I recently purchased this mouse and am planning on setting up my buttons for my characters on SWTOR. That being said, I really need to have some conversations with people about programming it. If anyone has experience doing this I would love to chat. As a heads up I have downloaded the one SWTOR downloadable profile I could find. This helped me get started with programming it but I have run into a few issues and I know someone out there can help. I just have not been able to get in contact with them. please help